"I've made a lot of f**king records."
In issue #10 of Tape Op we ran an interview with Steve Albini by my pal John Chandler. Being that the piece was actually done for some oddly named company... < KEEP READING >
We last visited the legendary console designer and audio guru Rupert Neve in Tape Op #26, over ten years ago. In 2005 Rupert Neve Designs presented the world some amazing new Neve products,... < KEEP READING >
greg norman --> intern --> musician --> repair tech --> engineer --> greg norman
Greg Norman has worn many hats. For 15 years he's worked for Steve Albini, helping build and run... < KEEP READING >
Beau Sorenson cares about coffee. One of my clearest, earliest pictures of him is in the tiny upstairs kitchen of Smart Studios, Madison, WI, circa 2006. He used the pour-over method and was... < KEEP READING >
A studio in the basement of a ukulele shop in London? It seemed like a nutty idea, but there it was, and owner Simon Trought, along with Giles Barrett, had been knocking out some of London's... < KEEP READING >
Barton Carroll and producer/engineer Graig Markel set out to record Carroll's 2009 album, Together, You and I, entirely to a Tascam 34 4-track tape machine. Carroll, who has toured and recorded... < KEEP READING >
It started out as a favor to a friend. His father had died and left a collection of old records, stacked in cardboard boxes collecting dust on the back porch. My friend asked me, an audiophile, to... < KEEP READING >
Ken McKim is truly a member of the most endangered species in the world of professional audio recording, with a knowledge and database of audio electronics that transcends decades. Ken has been the... < KEEP READING >
Doug Haire has been a staff engineer (a rarity these days) at Jack Straw Studios in Seattle since 1990. He’s recorded just about every kind of music and engineered countless live radio... < KEEP READING >
I interviewed Bob Weston in 2000 [Tape Op #18] about his music recording career to date. Bob and I remained in touch, and along the way I met Jason Ward, another studio guy who toured as a live... < KEEP READING >
